Mr. Boone Goes To Washington

(above) Mascot waves goodbye to Washington DC and begins the journey to Denver

(above) Wrapped in glory with hundreds of signatures from students, alumni & fans

(above) At Lincoln Memorial

(above) Washington Mall Security slap the cuffs on Boone

(above) Whats a good looking mascot like you doing in a place like this?

(above) Mascot celebrates with school children

(above) 20 DU Alums, fans & students showed up at the Lincoln Memorial

(above) DU students flew to DC to watch Frozen Four

(above) Clowning around with the kids

(above) DU alum Harold Beier (DU '47) was the guest of honor

(above) Hide & Seek

(above) This little girl questions the mascot about his eyes

11 comments:

puck swami said...

Just like being there!

Great stuff.

Anonymous said...

We should send Coombe the picture with the schoolchildren just showing him that different ethnic groups like Boone.

dggoddard said...

All children love the mascot. Race isn't the issue.

Whats at issue is a university that willfully ignored the the protestations of its alumni, students and community and pretended that their complaints didn't exist.

D.C. was a huge success and I'd estimate that over 10,000 school children saw the mascot this weekend. One former DU parent remarked dryly, "Boone ought to be handing out applications, because this would be a bonanza of potential students in 10 years."

msbdu said...

Great work! Did Gwoz or any of the Pio players who were there get a chance to see Boone?

dggoddard said...

Gwoz met the mascot during the Miami-Bemidji game between periods.

His comment. "Um, when did this happen?"

puck swami said...

I think there are going to be quite a few DU people who will have the same reaction as Gwoz, as sightings of the new mascot gets around Denver...

msbdu said...

Gwoz's reaction is a little disappointing. I would have hoped for a little more enthusiasm.

CO14ers said...

I introduced Gwoz (and coach Appert) to the new Boone last night and both thought it was awesome! Gwoz was very curious as to how this came about and just loved that it did.

Aluuum said...

msbdu--politics reigns. These salaried D.U.ers have to cover their ass.

Anonymous said...

I would have titled this article:

"Mr. Boone Goes To Washington"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679/

dggoddard said...

Done. Thanks for input. :-)